WGBH.org Back-to-School Resources for Teachers and Students

WGBH.org Back-to-School Resources for Teachers and Students

Ahh back to school. Today was the first day with my new principal at IS 164. So far things look good. The first positive step was a meeting on the first day that started with an agenda and muffins. The agenda was great and very professional. In addition to the agenda we were given informational packets on new school thoughts from our summer retreats and a general vision by the new principal.

Another great development was the overview of the new diciplinary procedures and codes of our newly restructured school. Suplloies have begun to be distributed and classes room were partially distributed today. On the down side schedules are not yet available to teachers and not all teachers have rooms assigned. This slows down the process of getting the classrroms ready for Monday.

Looks like we are having total inclusion classrooms with no ranking or classification of students by class or number. This should prove very interesting and I am looking forward to seeing how this will play out in the classroom. This is also potentially a positive development!

It was great to see everyone, and it is funny how it seemed so long ago just this morning that I saw everyone--especially since we all fell into the groove so quickly.

I am looking forward to the year with promise.